The Bellshill company will be supplying backup and recovery to high street retailer Optical Express and industrial supplier The Scott Group.

Michael Stewart, NVT senior executive, said: "We are delighted to be selected to work with such established Scottish success stories as Optical Express and the Scott Group, in delivering these highly specialised project."

For Optical Express, which has more than 200 UK locations plus operations in the USA, Japan and Europe, NVT will investigate how to meet information storage demands then provide solutions.

At Scott Group the IT specialist will map infrastructure following recent international growth.

Stephen Park Brown, NVT managing director, said: "It's projects such as these with recognisable Scottish entrepreneurial powerhouses that allow NVT to continue investing in Scottish expertise and people so successfully."